Caphys arizonensis

(Caphys arizonensis)

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Description

Caphys arizonensis is a species of snout moth in the genus Caphys. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1970, and is known from Arizona, United States, from which its species epithet is derived. Caphys is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, who designated the type species as Caphys bilinea, a junior synonym for Caphys bilineata. Further information on the creature can be done through BugGuide where one can easily identify insects, spiders and species from their kin that habituate across the United States and Canada.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pyralidae
Genus:Caphys
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